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It’s critical that corporate and facility leadership strive to continually evaluate and improve their safety culture.

The largest pep rally in workplace safety is set to go off later this month in Anaheim Calif., when the Voluntary Protection Program Participants’ Association (VPPPA) holds its 24th annual national conference.

ASSE officials were ecstatic with attendance at this year’s annual meeting in Las Vegas: 4,100+ professional members, an all-time record.

Why do we persistently hear that most execs will never accept safety as a legit expense, or that safety is a low-level concern for almost all but the most public or progressive companies?

In his ASSE meeting presentation, Dr. Cialdini focused on these three principles that are integral to persuasion (which is essential in occupational safety).

Key initiatives will be developing locally, nationally and globally, making it imperative to keep an up-to-date restricted chemical policy.

Human resources’ rise in the corporate hierarchy is due, in part, to getting in tune with the overall strategy of the business. What would a safety strategic plan look like?

When we fail to build our safety programs and culture on sound fundamentals, the smallest wave in the work environment can wash away safety performance and leave your organization disoriented and unstable.

OSHA chief Edwin G. Foulke Jr. will be the featured speaker at the Sept. 9 general session of the 2008 Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (ACHMM) National Conference in Minneapolis, announced A. Cedric Calhoun, CAE, ACHMM executive director.

At a Senate hearing yesterday, John Bresland, chairman and CEO of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), called on OSHA to act on a November 2006 CSB recommendation to adopt a comprehensive standard regulating combustible dust in the workplace, according to a press statement issued by the CSB.